pipes(6x)

pipes6x

Fill the screen with a plumbing system.

Usage

pipes [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [-count 0] [-count 1] [-cycles number] [-size number] [-factory number] [-delay number] [-no-fisheye] [-tightturns] [-db] [-fps]

Overview

If you've ever been in the same room as a Windows NT machine, you've probably seen this GL hack. It fills the screen with a plumbing system.

Options

--visual visual

Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

--window

Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root

Draw on the root window.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--count 0

Curved Pipes.

--count 1

Ball Joints.

--cycles number

Number of pipe systems to draw at once. Default: 5.

--size number

Length of each pipe system. Default: 500.

--factory number

How much gadgetry to create; Useful range is 0-10. Default: 2.

--delay number

How long (in microseconds) to sleep between frames. Default: 10000.

--fisheye | --no-fisheye

Whether to use a fisheye lens.

--tightturns | --no-tightturns

Whether to allow tight turns.

--db | --no-db

Whether to double-buffer.

--fps

Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

Environment

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13

--count since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --cycles since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --db since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --factory since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fisheye since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-db since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-fisheye since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-tightturns since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --size since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --tightturns since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-count until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -cycles until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -db until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -factory until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fisheye until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-db until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fisheye until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fps until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -no-tightturns until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -size until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -tightturns until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Marcelo Vianna.

From xscreensaver-gl 6.09+dfsg1-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.